[quote]Cthulhu wrote:
Did he eat salads and chicken from their ,or did he actually eat burgers?
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He had to have everything on the menu at leats once. He ate salads a few times during the movie.
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Cthulhu wrote:
Did he eat salads and chicken from their ,or did he actually eat burgers?
He had to have everything on the menu at leats once. He ate salads a few times during the movie.[/quote]
Yeah. The thing is he would’ve gotten just as fat eating the same calories in salad and chicken. The only thing is that it’s a hell of a lot harder to eat 5000 calories of salad and chicken. It is inarguable that a diet heavy in the popular fast-food choices is a poor decision. I don’t think the movie should be viewed as an indictment of the fast food industry though that may have been how it was intended so much as a wakeup call to people who make fast food a staple of their diet.
It seems ridiculous for us because we’re educated and probably had a reasonably decent idea of nutrition even before finding this site. But there are a lot of clueless people out there. If the movie gets even a few of them to rethink their eating habits a little, then it’s done a good thing.
If anything, it’s one less excuse people have now that it’s gotten so much publicity. People who would’ve denied responsiblity before now certainly have more cause to realize what detrimental behavior is.
Chazz’s blood work for those that are interested.
Still no cure for cancer.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
swivel wrote:
no i don’t think moot, that’s exactly the point. he could’ve gotten all his base calories from a single meal. but no one’s gonna eat just one meal a day. and if one meal causes you to over-eat, then three of those meals is almost absurd. i think the point was how absurdly easy it is to overeat even when you think you’re just getting your 3 squares.
Professor X wrote:
This is making excuses for why someone is fat. I know good and well that I can get a Triple Whopper a side of fries and a shake and end up damn near 3,000cals in one sitting. I know this because they post a chart right next to the register of how many calories each item contains.
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I think it is important not to forget that in Supersize me they mentioned the size differences through the years.
Especially the fact that what was once the large size (coke, and fry sizes) is now the small size.
If people had continued to buy the medium size (as they probibly did out of habbit) they would be consuming a larger portion with out fully realizing it, and completly forget that they were now intakeing more calories than they use to in one meal. Burgers have gotten larger too.
However, this isn’t as important as one’s self regulation & willpower. If you use to buy a medium, and that is now a small, it is up to you to buy a small size now.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Bullshit. The man ate to the point of making himself sick. That isn’t even what the average person does. the average individual who is sedentary simply doesn’t DO anything with the calories that they do eat. Aside from compulsive eaters, very few are literally force feeding themselves until they can’t stand another hamburger.[/quote]
I don’t think I disagreed with you there as I said [quote]While spurlock’s documentary was over the top [/quote] his underlying point was still what I said. Is that the message he got across to most? Obviously not. The video was sensationalistic and over the top, no disagreeing there.
Yeah,I agree with you.
He’s athletic though.
If a normal person who never exercised ate like that they’d blow up to 500 pounds.
I lift weights and all,and I need around 6,000 calories a day.
I’m sure if I never worked out I’d be some 500 pound guy collecting comic books or 1968 mustangs,lol.
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Cthulhu wrote:
Did he eat salads and chicken from their ,or did he actually eat burgers?
He had to have everything on the menu at leats once. He ate salads a few times during the movie.
Yeah. The thing is he would’ve gotten just as fat eating the same calories in salad and chicken. The only thing is that it’s a hell of a lot harder to eat 5000 calories of salad and chicken. It is inarguable that a diet heavy in the popular fast-food choices is a poor decision. I don’t think the movie should be viewed as an indictment of the fast food industry though that may have been how it was intended so much as a wakeup call to people who make fast food a staple of their diet.
It seems ridiculous for us because we’re educated and probably had a reasonably decent idea of nutrition even before finding this site. But there are a lot of clueless people out there. If the movie gets even a few of them to rethink their eating habits a little, then it’s done a good thing.
If anything, it’s one less excuse people have now that it’s gotten so much publicity. People who would’ve denied responsiblity before now certainly have more cause to realize what detrimental behavior is.[/quote]
[quote]Cthulhu wrote:
People in the 1950’s ate just as much as they did today.But people in the 1950’s exercised a lot more and ate healthier foods. I don’t think it’s just calories that is making America obese. I believe it’s a combination of eating too much,not exercising enough,and hormonal imbalances that makes people fat.
People think fast food is just full of calories and thats what makes you fat,but I believe it’s more than that.I think a lot of the cheap ingredients being put into processed foods today create havoc with our bodies.Thats why when you see an obese persons diet,it’s filled with nothing but cheap,processed,man-made sugar/junk foods.
I’ve never seen an obese person eat healthy.Thats because obese people don’t eat for health,they eat for self-gratification.[/quote]
Up until the mid 50s we still had rationing in Europe from the war!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
There was another guy on the internet who did a trial where he did this and he looked better after a month of it. He is a personal trainer. I think someone here posted the link once. That changes everything.[/quote]
http://www.truthinfitness.org/
I think you’re talking about this guy.
Guess I should have noticed the second page.
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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
LONDON - A new study gives scientific clout to a conclusion many already see as obvious: Eating lots of fast food makes you fat and increases the chance of developing diabetes.
Take out the word “fast” and it is still true.
Too much food will make you fat.
As far as a stupid movie about eating all your meals at McDonalds, what if he decided to overeat nothing but bread for a month? Or nothing but fish? Or nothing but apples?
I sure he would not have been feeling good about that either. [/quote]
True enough. But I challenge someone to eat thousands of calories in apples and chicken breast in lettuce with some healthy fats. It’s very easy to overeat with fast food. It’s no accident we tell newbie who are trying to bulk and are having trouble eating enough that they do not NEED to eat entirely clean and shouldn’t.
The underlying notion is that fast food can preferentially lead to weight gain is wrong. The presentation was just not very good. And it’s a shame and stupid if people also take from it that they WON’T gain weight from overeating healthy food.